Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, or suffer or permit to exist, any loans or advance money or property to any Person, or any investment in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any Person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents so long as the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account or investment account in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held; provided, however, such cash or Cash Equivalents must be held in a savings or investment account which is subject to Administrative and Collateral Agent’s first priority perfected security interest if any Revolving Loans or Term Loans are then outstanding;
(c) the existing equity investments of each Borrower and each Guarantor as of the date hereof in their respective Subsidiaries, provided, that, no Borrower or Guarantor shall have any obligation to make any other investment in, or loans to, or other payments in respect of, any of such Subsidiaries;
(d) stock or obligations issued to any Borrower or any Guarantor by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing to such Borrower or such Guarantor in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization of such Person or a composition or readjustment of the debts of such Person; provided, that, the original of any such stock or instrument having a principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Administrative and Collateral Agent, upon Administrative and Collateral Agent’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by such Borrower or such Guarantor as Administrative and Collateral Agent may request;
(e) obligations of account debtors to any Borrower or any Guarantor arising from Accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such account debtor payable to such Borrower or such Guarantor; provided, that, promptly upon the receipt of the original of any such promissory note by such Borrower or such Guarantor having a principal amount in ...
Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any loans or advance money or property to any person, or invest in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any other Person (whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise), or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing an “Investment”), except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Permitted Acquisitions;
(c) Investments by a Borrower, Guarantor or other Subsidiary of Parent in a Borrower or by a Guarantor or other Subsidiary of Parent (other than a Borrower) in another Guarantor, in each case after the date hereof, provided, that, to the extent that such Investment gives rise to any Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted hereunder and to the extent that such Investment gives rise to the issuance of any shares of Capital Stock, such issuance is permitted hereunder;
(d) loans by a Borrower or Guarantor to another Borrower or Guarantor after the date hereof, provided, that,
(i) as to all of such loans, (A) within thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Month, Borrowers shall provide to Agent a report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent of the outstanding amount of such loans as of the last day of the immediately preceding month and indicating any loans made and payments received during the immediately preceding month, (B) the Indebtedness arising pursuant to any such loan shall not be evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument, unless the single original of such note or other instrument (and any amendment or modification thereto) is promptly delivered to Agent to hold as part of the Collateral, with such endorsement and/or assignment by the payee of such note or other instrument as Agent may require,
(ii) as to loans by a Borrower to a Guarantor or by a Guarantor to another Guarantor, (A) as of the date of any such loan and after giving effect thereto...
Loans, Investments, Etc. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, or suffer or permit to exist, any loans or advance money or property to any person, or any investment in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, directly or indirectly, make any loans or advance money or property to any person, or invest in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents, provided, that, (i) if a Cash Dominion Period exists, no Loans are then outstanding, except that notwithstanding that any Loans are outstanding if a Cash Dominion Period exists, (A) Borrowers and Guarantors may from time to time in the ordinary course of business consistent with their current practices as of the date hereof make deposits of cash in bank accounts used for disbursements to the extent required to provide funds for amounts drawn or anticipated to be drawn shortly on such accounts and such funds may be held in Cash Equivalents consisting of overnight investments until so drawn (so long as such funds and Cash Equivalents are not held more than three (3) Business Days from the date of the initial deposit thereof) and (B) Borrowers and Guarantors may have cash at retail store locations and in Store Accounts to the extent permitted in Section 6.3(a) hereof and (ii) the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account, investment account or other account in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held;
(c) the equity investments made by each Borrower and Guarantor prior to the date hereof in any of its Subsidiaries which are not Borrowers or Guarantors;
(d) loans and advances by any Borrower or Guarantor to employees of such Borrower or Guarantor not to exceed the principal amount of $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding for: (i) reasonably and necessary work-related travel or other ordinary business expenses to be incurred by such employee in connection with their work for such Borrower or Guarantor and (ii) reasonable and necessary relocation expenses of such employees (including home mortgage financing for relocated employees);
(e) stock or obligations issued to any Borrower or Guarantor by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing to such Borrower or Guarantor in connection with the insolvency,...
Loans, Investments, Etc. Section 9.10(k) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Loans, Investments, Etc. Section 9.10(i)(xiii) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "(xiii) in no event shall any Accounts, Inventory, Equipment, Real Property or Prescription Files so acquired by any Borrower pursuant to such acquisition be deemed Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Equipment, Eligible Real Property, Eligible Leased Property or Eligible Prescription Files, respectively, unless and until Agent shall have conducted a field examination with respect thereto (and at Agent's option, at Borrowers' expense, obtained an appraisal of such Inventory, Equipment, Real Property or Prescription Files by an appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent and in form, scope and methodology reasonably acceptable to Agent and addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly permitted to rely, which appraisal shall be in addition to any appraisals which Agent may obtain pursuant to its rights under Sections 7.3 or 7.4 hereof) and then only to the extent the criteria for Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Equipment, Eligible Real Property, Eligible Leased Property or Eligible Prescription Files set forth herein are satisfied with respect thereto in accordance with this Agreement (or such other or additional criteria as Agent may, at its option, establish with respect thereto in accordance with this Agreement and subject to such Reserves as Agent may establish in accordance with this Agreement), and upon the request of Agent, the Accounts, Inventory, Equipment, Real Property or Prescription Files acquired by such Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to such acquisition shall at all times after such acquisition be separately identified and reported to Agent in a manner satisfactory to Agent;"
Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any loans or advance money or property to any person, or invest in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in cash, Cash Equivalents or Canadian Cash Equivalents, provided, that, (i) no Loans are then outstanding and (ii) the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account, investment account or other account in which such cash, Cash Equivalents or Canadian Cash Equivalents are held;
(c) the existing equity investments and loans of each Borrower and Guarantor as of the date hereof in and to its Subsidiaries, provided, that, no Borrower or Guarantor shall have any further obligations or liabilities to make any capital contributions or other additional investments or other payments to or in or for the benefit of any of such Subsidiaries;
(d) loans and advances by any Borrower or Guarantor to employees of such Borrower or Guarantor not to exceed the principal amount of $100,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding for: (i) reasonably and necessary work-related travel or other ordinary business expenses to be incurred by such employee in connection with their work for such Borrower or Guarantor and (ii) reasonable and necessary relocation expenses of such employees (including home mortgage financing for relocated employees);
(e) stock or obligations issued to any Borrower or Guarantor by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing to such Borrower or Guarantor in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization of such Person or a composition or readjustment of the debts of such Person; provided, that, the original of any such stock or instrument evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Agent, upon Agent’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by such Borrower or Guarantor as Agent may request;
(f) obligations of account debtors to any Borrower or Guarantor arising from Accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such a...
Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness or other Securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any other Person (whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise), or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing an “Investment”), except:
Loans, Investments, Etc. Section 9.10 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting "and" appearing at the end of clause (h) of such Section, (b) deleting the period appearing at the end of clause (i) of such Section and replacing it with "; and" and (c) adding the following new clauses (j) and (k) at the end of such Section:
